THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

APPROPRIATION (OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY) BILL 2013‑2014 (No. 2)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Presented by
Mr Andrew Barr MLA
Treasurer

APPROPRIATION (OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY) BILL 2013-2014 (No 2)

The Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2013‑2014 (No. 2) is the mechanism for the appropriation of additional monies for the 2013‑14 financial year.

Under Section 58 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988, public money may not be issued or spent except as authorised by law.  Under Section 6 of the Financial Management Act 1996 (FMA), no payment of public money may be made unless it is in accordance with an appropriation.  Section 8 of the FMA provides for separate appropriations to be made under an Appropriation Act in respect of each directorate.  The FMA also provides for appropriation units, being a class of outputs, or a group of output classes, for which an appropriation is made by an Appropriation Act.  This Bill satisfies the provisions of each of these Acts.

The Bill provides appropriations for:
(a) the provision of net cost of outputs to the Office of the Legislative Assembly.

Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2013-2014 (No. 2)

Clause 1 cites the short title of the Act as being the Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2013‑2014 (No. 2) as it relates to the 2013‑14 financial year.

Clause 2 provides that the Act commences on the day after its notification day.

Clause 3 deals with the purposes of the Bill.

Clause 4 deals with definitions for the purposes of the Bill.

Clause 5 outlines that a term used in the Financial Management Act 1996 has the same meaning in this Act.

Clause 6 provides for the additional net cost of outputs appropriation of $73,000 to the Office of the Legislative Assembly in the 2013‑14 financial year.

Clause 7 identifies the Office of the Legislative Assembly as a class of outputs for the purposes of the FMA.